News Disney Not Renewing Great Movie Ride Sponsorship Deal with TCM ; Attraction to Close

[SirLink]

Content being attraction wise?

Content being everything - the desire is to have a land dedicated to Zootopia/Zootropolis by the higher ups in management is very much in vogue.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Content being everything - the desire is to have a land dedicated to Zootopia/Zootropolis by the higher ups in management is very much in vogue.

Hmm interesting. In my opinion this seems like plans that maybe would be built for the 50th? Nothing very soon? Or maybe even further out then the 50th?

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

Content being everything - the desire is to have a land dedicated to Zootopia/Zootropolis by the higher ups in management is very much in vogue.

While i'm not sure I like it in DAK though I guess it's much better than cramming it into epcot, I do thank a zootropolis could be really cool. I'm assuming this would have to use the expansion pad behind Asia/Everest.

 

[SirLink]

TBD - considering its blue but the desire is there to get those characters in the park.

 

[ford91exploder]

Just finished "skimming" this 89 page thread. I appear to be the only Theme park fan who actively avoids the Fab Five in all their iterations. I was trying to figure out why. I think it was because I grew up with Walt Disney's television shows and Mickey Mouse related stuff was the least interesting to me. I looked forward to Davy Crockett, documentaries, tall tales, glimpses of Disneyland etc. Mickey to me was filler for the full length features.

That said, Mickey having a ride and not just Philharmagic in MK makes a great deal of sense in a park that has yet to create an identity. I might have some difficulty convincing the hubby to try it. I was a Great Movie Ride fan. But I did get to see it when everything worked once in the 90's. It needed help. Maybe IPCOT should be the new name for the studios.

No no no, IgerWorld - Home of a dog's breakfast of unrelated IP.

 

[englanddg]

No no no, IgerWorld - Home of a dog's breakfast of unrelated IP.

You left off that you can reserve said dog's breakfast 180 + 10 days in advance.

And when you show up, your proper slop will be delivered to your table directly due to the magical technology in place.

 

[xstech25]

I hope this is true. Great Movie Ride, just like Backlot Tour, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom, etc had their time but now they are just not relevant. The parks badly need this shot in the arm they have been getting.

 

[Magenta Panther]

TBD - considering its blue but the desire is there to get those characters in the park.

Hm, thanks for the info. I wonder how ambitious that desire is? Are themed buildings going to be involved? Designated areas like Tundra Town and the Rain Forest District?

 

[ford91exploder]

I hope this is true. Great Movie Ride, just like Backlot Tour, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom, etc had their time but now they are just not relevant. The parks badly need this shot in the arm they have been getting.

What the closures ... Yeah that's a positive change.

 

[Magenta Panther]

I hope this is true. Great Movie Ride, just like Backlot Tour, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom, etc had their time but now they are just not relevant. The parks badly need this shot in the arm they have been getting.

I disagree. Great old movies are always relevant. I don't see why we have to lose good stuff to get more good stuff.

 

[englanddg]

I disagree. Great old movies are always relevant. I don't see why we have to lose good stuff to get more good stuff.

Because. It's 2016. And reasons.

Don't tax my brain as to what those reasons ARE, exactly...merely, it's 2016.

That is proof enough.

 

[xstech25]

Because it costs money to maintain and operate them, and why do that when there could be something that doesn't suck instead?

 

[Magenta Panther]

Because it costs money to maintain and operate them, and why do that when there could be something that doesn't suck instead?

Well, the GMR doesn't suck. It just needs an upgrade.

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

Hm, thanks for the info. I wonder how ambitious that desire is? Are themed buildings going to be involved? Designated areas like Tundra Town and the Rain Forest District?

I think best case scenario is you have a land where the center is the actual city center then from there you go into mini lands/the suburbs like tundra town and rain forest district. What would be perfect is a people mover style attraction to go all around the land kind of like how the train goes through all the different climate zones.

 

[marni1971]

I hope this is true. Great Movie Ride, just like Backlot Tour, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom, etc had their time but now they are just not relevant. The parks badly need this shot in the arm they have been getting.

Yes, it's true.

But it should not be at the expense of what it's replacing. GMR should be sympathetically updated. Mickey should be a new build as an added attraction with added capacity.

Only the foolish would think otherwise.

 

[Mike S]

Saw this post in between checking in with a close family relative member who is dealing with the dreaded "C" disease .... So as I understand it there are blue sky plans over the content of a Zootropolis in DAK, those characters are coming in land form but now its a content issue.

Content being everything - the desire is to have a land dedicated to Zootopia/Zootropolis by the higher ups in management is very much in vogue.

I can't say I like the idea of the modern city of Zootopia in DAK. I would think Jungle Book would be a better fit. Where would this go?

I hope this is true. Great Movie Ride, just like Backlot Tour, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom, etc had their time but now they are just not relevant. The parks badly need this shot in the arm they have been getting.

The Backlot Tour we can all agree with. GMR being replaced by Mickey isn't the worst thing in the World but the park needs more new rides rather than replacements after BLT. Epcot feels like a lethal injection for a park that used to have an amazing identity all its own.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Only the foolish would think otherwise.

You just don't understand the hip youth and their bold, brand oriented lifestyles.

 

[Nickels5]

I can't say I like the idea of the modern city of Zootopia in DAK. I would think Jungle Book would be a better fit. Where would this go?

The Backlot Tour we can all agree with. GMR being replaced by Mickey isn't the worst thing in the World but the park needs more new rides rather than replacements after BLT. Epcot feels like a lethal injection for a park that used to have an amazing identity all its own.

I don't understand how Jungle Book has never gotten the proper love it has deserved in the parks its very sad. I feel like the chance of any older IP getting added is very slim, why would they add an IP that was first introduced 30-40 years ago. With that being said does anyone know the last time an attraction was themed to an IP 10 or so years after the movie was made?

 

[zengoth]

You just don't understand the hip youth and their bold, brand oriented lifestyles.

Wow, just think if Disney catered to aging hipsters like myself - what a Great GMR we could've had.

 

[SirLink]

I don't understand how Jungle Book has never gotten the proper love it has deserved in the parks its very sad. I feel like the chance of any older IP getting added is very slim, why would they add an IP that was first introduced 30-40 years ago. With that being said does anyone know the last time an attraction was themed to an IP 10 or so years after the movie was made?

It has now twice got the love to create entertainment people weren't into the original show that was in Theatre in the Wild or the latest night time stuff.